HMS St Albans F83 alongside at HMNB Clyde.
Name: HMS St Albans F83
Operator: Royal Navy
Ordered: February 1996
Builder: Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down: 18 April 1999
Launched: 6 May 2000
Commissioned: 6 June 2002
Refit: Major 2013-2015
Homeport: Portsmouth
Identification: IMO number: 8949721 MMSI number: 232002833
Nickname(s): The Saint
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Type 23 Frigate
Displacement: 4,900t (4,800 long tons, 5,400 short tons)
Length: 133m (436ft 4in)
Beam: 16.1m (52ft 10in)
Draught: 7.3m (23ft 9in)
Propulsion: CODLAG:
Four 1510kW (2,025shp) Paxman Valenta 12CM diesel generators
Two GEC electric motors delivering 2980kW (4000shp)
Two Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C delivering 23,190kW (31,100shp)
Speed: In excess of 28kn (52km/h; 32mph)
Range: 7,500 nautical miles (14,000km) at 15kn (28km/h)
Complement: 185 (accommodation for up to 205)
Electronic warfare and decoys:
UAF-1 ESM, or, UAT Mod 1
Seagnat
Type 182 towed torpedo decoy
Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament: Anti-air missiles:
1 × 32-cell Sea Wolf GWS.26 VLS canisters for 32:
Sea Wolf missiles (range 1-10 km)
Anti-ship missiles:
2 × quad Harpoon launchers
Anti-submarine torpedoes:
2 × Twin 12.75in (324mm) Sting Ray torpedo tubes
Guns:
1 × BAE 4.5 inch Mk 8 naval gun
2 × 30mm DS30M Mk2 guns, or, 2× 30mm DS30B guns
2 × Miniguns
4 × General purpose machine guns
Aircraft carried:
1 × AgustaWestland Merlin HM.2, multi role helicopter, of 829 Naval Air Squadron, RNAS Culdrose, armed with;
4 × Sting Ray torpedo
4 × Depth Charges
2 × General-purpose machine gun
1 × M3M machine gun or
1 × Lynx HMA8, armed with;
4 × Sea Skua anti ship missiles, or
2 × anti submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities:
Flight deck, enclosed hangar.